Case for holding and exhibiting oil-cloths



(No Model E. B. JANDREY.

GASEI'OR HOLDING AND EXHIBITI-NG OIL GL0THS,L&0.

No. 431,587. Patented July 8, 1890.

ZELMA 2. Mow

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

EDlVARD E. JANDREY, OF NEENAH, WISCONSIN.

CASE FOR HOLDING AND EXHIBITING OIL-CLO'THS, 86C- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,587, dated Ju1y.8, 1890.

Application filed April 7, 1890. Serial No. 346,828. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. J ANDREY, of N eenah, in the county of \Vinnebago and State of \Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cases for Holding and Exhibiting Oil-Cloths and Similar Materials; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said inven tion,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to receive and hold oil-cloths or similar material, like curtain-cloths that are sold in pieces in rolls, some of which rolls, owing to the great width of the cloth, are quite long, and others of which rolls need to be supported throughout their entire length. The device is also constructed with special reference not only to receive and hold such merchandise, but also with reference toproperly supporting the rolls of cloth, and for conveniently exhibiting the cloth from the rolls.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete device, one of the doors being open to show the interior and one drawer being partly drawn out. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section looking into the device on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

My improved device consists of a case A, having glazed side .doors B B and B. The case is divided vertically into two compartments 0 and C, the doors B B being arranged to close the entire front side of the compartment 0, while the door B is arranged to close the end of the compartment 0. A series of small drawers D D are arranged to slide in and out of a sub-compartment or recess E provided therefor at the rear side and end of the compartment 0. These drawers slide in and out through the side of the case A, and are adapted to receive and hold tacks, screws, and small curtain fixtures, the drawers being preferably supplied with partitions, making them convenient for holding a number of small articles, or similar articles of diiferent sizes. By extending the recess or sub-compartment E for a little distance downward from the top entirely across the rear of the compartment C this compartment is formed in two partsan inner part G, which has a height less than the entire height of the case, and an outer part G, which has a height greater than the height of the part G and preferably as high as the compartment 0. Each of the parts G and G is provided with a base-piece H, secured to the floor of the case andextending entirely across the parts G and G near their front edges, respectively. These base-pieces are each constructed with a downwardly-inclined top surface toward the rear, and with an upwardly-projecting flange at the rear, whereby an inclined surface for receiving the ends of the rolls of oil-cloth thereon is provided, While the guard at the rear is adapted to prevent the oil-cloth from moving rearwardly off the base-piece. Near the top of the compartment each of the parts G and G is provided with a horizontal rack I, with recesses therein of sufficient size to adapt them for receiving therein and holding the rolls of oil-cloth. It will be noticed that the compartment, by virtue of its being arranged in two parts G and G, is adapted to receive rolls of oil-cloth ofdiiferent lengths, as K and K, the base-pieces H H being so arranged with reference to the racks I I that the rolls of oil-cloth K and K, standing on the basepieces and supported in the racks, are so inclined to the perpendicular as not to be liable to fall out toward the front, and that the surface of the base-pieces on which the rolls stand are at right angles to the rolls of oil-cloth when supported in the racks, thereby giving them a square and even support at their ends. In the other compartment 0 brackets L L and L L, arranged in two vertical lines and in horizontal sets, are secured to each of the two side walls of the compartment, the brackets on one side, as L, being preferably considerably larg er than the brackets on the other side. These brackets are adapted to receive and support rolls of oilcloth or curtain material M M in horizontal position thereon. As this curtain material is sometimes of comparatively thin cloth incapable of supporting itself in rolls when quite wide, particularly when the rolls have become small, and also as a desirable means of protecting the material against wear as it is removed and replaced from time to time in the case, I provide sliding supports or carriages N N, consisting, preferably, of sheet metal of sufficient length to extend nearly across the compartment and curved in cross-section to fit thebrackets, which carriages or supports are adapted to rest in the brackets and to receive' therein and support the rolls of curtain material or oil-cloths. These carriages N N are provided with guards O at their rear ends, which guards are adapted to engage a bracket when the carriage is drawn toward the front and prevent its being withdrawn entirely therefrom; also, these carriages are provided with a handle P at the front end, by which the carriage and its load may be readily drawn partially out of the compartment for conveniently exhibiting the roll of material thereon, or that it may be more conveniently removed therefrom when desired.

It will be observed that a case thus constructed is adapted for holding and exhibiting curtain material and oil cloths of all widths, the narrow material and cloths being placed in the compartment C,where they are arranged horizontally either on the brackets or in the carriages on the'brackets, and the wider material and cloths being placed in the compartment 0 in an upright position, the compartment being constructed and arranged for the proper support of these rolls,which on occasion may be readily removed for exhibition. It will also be understood that by carefully closing the doors of the casejwhen the material or cloths are notbeing exhibited dust will be excluded therefrom, while the material and cloths will yet be sufficiently in view to call attention thereto.

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a case for holding and exhibiting oil-cloths and similar material, consisting of a case having two compartments, each compartment being provided with glazed doors, and one compartment having base-pieces and horizontal racks and the other compartment having brackets in vertical lines arranged in horizontal sets, substantially as described.

2. In a case for exhibiting oil-cloths or similar materials, a series of brackets fixed to the wall and arranged in horizontal sets, in combination with a sliding support or carriage constructed to rest on two brackets and to slide horizontally thereon, substantially as described. Y

3. As an article of manufacture, a case for holding and exhibiting oil-cloths and similar materials having two compartments and glaced doors, one compartment of which is in two parts, one part having less height than the other part, and each part being provided with an inclined base-piece having a guard at the rear and a horizontal rack near the top, the other compartment being provided with brackets affixed to the wall and arranged in horizontal sets, and a series of drawers sliding in the case through a side wall thereon,

EDl/VARD E. JANDREY.-

Witnesses:

A. D. ELDRIDGE, L. K. HENRY. 

